Aguadilla Municipio vs Toa Alta Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Aguadilla Municipio and Toa Alta Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Aguadilla Municipio and Toa Alta Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Toa Alta Municipio has the higher population (66,536 vs 54,486 in Aguadilla Municipio). Toa Alta Municipio has the higher median household income ($33,349 vs $19,826 in Aguadilla Municipio). Toa Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $141,800 in Aguadilla Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Population	54,486	66,536
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$19,826	$33,349
Median home value	$141,800	$152,000
Median gross rent	$479	$723
Housing units	27,766	26,786
Homeownership rate	57.1%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Population	52,803 → 54,486 (+3.2%)	72,864 → 66,536 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$16,269 → $19,826 (+21.9%)	$28,834 → $33,349 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $141,800 (+20.0%)	$133,500 → $152,000 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $479 (+8.1%)	$664 → $723 (+8.9%)

Aguadilla Municipio

Population

52,80354,486

Median household income

$16,269$19,826

Median home value

$118,200$141,800

Median gross rent

$443$479

Toa Alta Municipio

Population

72,86466,536

Median household income

$28,834$33,349

Median home value

$133,500$152,000

Median gross rent

$664$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.5%
75 and over	11.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.5%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	22.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Drove alone	86.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	66.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Aguadilla Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	47.9%	33.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1982	1989